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Leone Yisrael

Leone Yisrael smiling wearing a black top with yellow and royal blue straps.

Fellowship Institution:

Johns Hopkins University Earth and Planetary Sciences Department

Advisor:

Anand Gnanadesikan and Katrina Lohan

Start Year:

2022

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Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab with Dr. Katrina Lohan while pursuing a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography at the Johns Hopkins University with Dr. Anand Gnanadesikan.

Originally from California, Leone received her B.S. in Marine Biology from Louisiana State University. After graduation, she received her M.S. in Ocean Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz. After receiving her master's, she worked as a North Pacific Groundfish Fishery Observer for NOAA in the Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, and along the Western coast of the USA before pursuing her Ph.D.

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